May 4, 1873.] 
THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
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VOTING PAPERS. 
We are requested to call attention to tlie Special 
Notice appearing in tlie front page of the Journal 
in conformity with a resolution of the Committee 
to which the matter was referred by the Council, 
and to point out that, in several instances, the list 
of candidates recommended by the Chemists’ De¬ 
fence Associations has been mistaken for the official 
voting paper of the Society and sent in to the Secre¬ 
tary under that impression. 
ANNIVERSARY DINNER. 
Yy t e have much pleasure in referring our readers 
to page 880 for particulars respecting this new 
feature of the Society’s annual reunion, for which 
also we confidently ask the same enthusiastic co-ope¬ 
ration which has made the Chemists’ Ball and the 
Conversazione so eminently successful. Apart from 
the pleasurable attractions of the proposed dinner at 
the Crystal Palace, it has also a utilitarian recom¬ 
mendation which may not be unimportant for the 
general interests of the trade. 
It is an old saying, that to put an Englishman in 
a good temper the best plan is to give him a good 
dinner, and though, happily, we do not for a moment 
suppose tlie promoters of the dinner can have for an 
ulterior object the smoothing of any possible difficul¬ 
ties at the coming Annual Meeting of the Pharma¬ 
ceutical Society on the following day, we know no 
better plan of eliminating asperities from .projected 
orations than that of giving intending speakers and 
voters an opportunity of becoming better acquainted, 
and appreciating the motives by which each is swayed. 
The list of stewards given on page 886 com¬ 
prises names representing every shade of opinion 
and the fact that so many have readily come forward 
to aid in making the dinner a success may well be 
accepted as evidence that the differences of opinion 
occasionally manifested amongst the Pharmaceutical 
body have their origin in the earnest desire for the 
general we'fare. We hope tie anniversary dinner 
cf the Society will not only be successful this year 
but that it may also become a permanent institution. 
A write a in the American Journal of Pharmacy 
calls attention to the great advances that have been 
made in the art of disguising nauseous drugs, and attri¬ 
butes to a great extent the increase in the number 
of votaries of homoeopathy to the skill with wliicli 
homoeopathic practitioners have availed themselves 
of the resources of “elegant pharmacy” in their 
medicinal preparations. Premising that much might 
be done by the united action of the allopathic prac¬ 
titioner and the pharmacist to produce medicines 
that should successfully compete with homoeopathic 
remedies in simplicity, beauty and adaptability, he 
suggests the abnegation of secret formula}, on the 
ground that what is advantageous for one should be 
for all, especially with regard to such things as 
remedies for suffering humanity. It is to be feared 
that while the love of the “ almighty dollar is so 
strong in both countries, stronger arguments will 
have to be used to accomplish the desired object. 
ftrotirtioro of % glpnramtttatl Socufjr. 
MEETING OF THE COUNCIL. 
May Is t, 1872. 
MR. A. F. HASELDEN, F.L.S., PRESIDENT, IN THE CHAIR. 
MR. EDWARDS, VICE-PRESIDENT. 
Present—Messrs. Atherton, Betty, Carr, Frazer, 
Greenish, Groves, Hills, Sandford, Savage, Shaw, 
Smith, Stoddart and Williams. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and con¬ 
firmed. 
Resolved—That the following, being duly registered 
as Pharmaceutical Chemists, be respectively granted 
a Diploma stamped with the seal of the Society:— 
Dale, John.Birmingham. 
Hill, William Edward.Leicester. 
White, William Edwin .Dover. 
Wilson, John Herbert.Harrogate. 
Wright, Thomas .Leicester. 
Resolved—That the following Pharmaceutical Che¬ 
mists be, and are hereby, elected Members of the 
Society:— 
Freeman, Ernest .Ledbury. 
Hill, William Edward.Leicester. 
Southwell, Charles Henry .... Boston. 
Towerzey, Alexander .Clifton. 
Ward, Joseph .Gloucester. 
Wilson, John Herbert.Harrogate. 
Woolley, Harold.Manchester. 
Wright, Thomas .Leicester. 
Resolved—That the following registered Chemists and 
Druggists be elected to Membership :— 
Alexander, John .Liverpool. 
Cornforth, Edwin.Birmingham. 
Chalmers, John.Dundee. 
Denston, John Thomas.Kettering. 
Evans, Edward ..Sheerness. 
French, Benjamin.Gosport. 
Pitman, John .Bristol. 
Riddle, Joseph .South Shields. 
Rogers, Sampson .Shaldon. 
Salter, Joseph Birch.Shrewsbury. 
Shorrock, Ralph .Over Darwen. 
Stanley, Robert Swan.Southwell. 
Resolved—That the following, having passed their 
respective Examinations, be elected “Associates in 
business— 
Minor. 
Brewis, Thomas .. Amble. 
Davison, John .West Hartlepool. 
Dolman, William.Cheltenham. 
Evans, Richard Morgan.Blaenavon. 
McNeil, James Norton .Crewe. 
Margetson, James Francis .... Coltishall. 
Mountain, Robert.Harrogate Wells. 
Palmer, Francis ...... .Upper Norwood. 
Robeson, Charles Brunting... .Southwark. 
Stokes, Walter Edward .Brompton, Kent. 
Wilkes, John Sanders .Leicester. 
Williams, William Francis.... Chepstow. 
Woolstencroft, Joseph..Northwich. 
Modified. 
Chapman, Josiah Thomas .... Manchester. 
Ellis, Alexander .Skelton in Cleveland. 
Field, Henry.Aylesbury. 
Gibson, Reuben Leonard.Loughborough. 
Graves, Joseph Waddington .. Y ork. 
Grimditch, William James ..El). 
Highley, William.Rochdale. 
Morgan, Philip Henry. .Taunton. 
Passingham, George A\ illiam. .London. 
Radclyffe, Robert Caygill Tom Birmingham. 
